The measles outbreak that started in Texas this year is likely larger than the reported numbers, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official said on April 15.
“We do believe that there’s quite a large amount of cases that are not reported,” Dr. David Sugerman, a senior CDC scientist working on measles, said during a meeting with the agency’s vaccine advisory panel.
“In working very closely with our colleagues in Texas, in talking with families, they may mention prior cases that have recovered and never received testing, [and] other families that may have cases and never had sought treatment,” he said. “So we do think that there is under-testing and therefore under-diagnosis and under-reporting.”…